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BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE – Review by Diane Carson

September 23, 2019September 28, 2019 Diane Carson 0 Comments britt marie was here, pernila august, swedish films, tuva novatny

The Swedish film Britt-Marie Was Here begins with the title character asking, “How do you live a life?” As deeply philosophical as this sounds, her answer is an amusing, disarming exploration. For Britt-Marie, a sixty-three-year old housewife, discovers her husband Kent’s long-term affair—at his hospital bed after he had a heart attack.

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BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE – Review by Carol Cling

September 20, 2019 Carol Cling 0 Comments britt marie was here, permilla august, tuva novotny

A place for everything and everything in its place. That tidy cliche may make sense in a good-housekeeping context. But it doesn’t quite work as a philosophy of life — which the stoic title character discovers in the genial, if undeniably formulaic, Britt-Marie Was Here.